At Litro we can teach good writing because we know good writing.
Together with our team of talented editors and readers, we have championed big names before they were big names, publishing people like Kate Tempest, Benjamin Zephaniah, Eleanor Catton, Peng Shepherd, Anthony Doerr, Clare Wigfall, Naomi Alderman, Lucie Whitehouse, Louise Stern, and many more.
“A concoction of professionalism and eccentricity, Cat is essential for any writer trying to work out their own writing. During her stimulating course with Litro, she kicks open the garden gate to the imagination and lets it swing.”
- Katie Lodge (student of Catherine McNamara’s Flash Fiction Course)
"Returning to writing after a break of many years, I was nervous to join a 'masterclass', but Catherine was warm and encouraging from the start. She focuses on practical tips and is willing to spend time reviewing and editing work which I feel has given me a great starting point. I would highly recommend the class."
- Sarah Nowell
This story was originally published in Litro #117: America. Anthony Doerr, born in Cleveland, Ohio, is the author of The Shell Collector, Memory Wall, Four Seasons in Rome, About Grace, All the Light We Cannot See, and Cloud Cuckoo Land. His novel All the Light We Cannot See won the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction. Cloud Cuckoo Land was a finalist for the 2021 National Book Award. Doerr's work has received numerous awards, including five O. Henry Prizes and the 2010 Story Prize. His stories have been anthologized in The Best American Short Stories and translated into over forty languages. He lives in Boise, Idaho.
We originally published this story in Litro #98: Money. Alderman's literary début came in 2006 with Disobedience, which won her the 2006 Orange Award for New Writers and the 2007 Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award. Her second novel The Lessons, was published in 2010, followed by The Liars' Gospel in 2012. Alderman was selected as a protégée by Margaret Atwood, one result of this was her fourth novel The Power (2016). The Power won the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction in 2017. The novel was also named by Barack Obama on his list of favourite books of the year.
HOW TO WRITE QUEER IN KOREAN: A MANUAL
Anton was originally published in Litro #169: Korea. Anton Hur is a Korean writer and translator of Korean literature into English. His translation the works of Sang Young Park, whose Love in the Big City was longlisted for the 2022 International Booker Prize, and Bora Chung, whose collection of short stories Cursed Bunny was shortlisted for the same prize.
Okojie was awarded the AKO Caine prize for African writing in 2020. She is a Nigerian-British writer. Her debut novel Butterfly Fish won a Betty Trask award and was shortlisted for an Edinburgh International First Book Award. Her work has been featured in the New York Times, the Observer, the Guardian, the BBC and the Huffington Post amongst other publications. For Litro #162: Literary Highlife Okojie's interviewed Jenn Nkiru.
We originally published Williams in Litro 104: History. Williams has lectured in Creative Writing at Royal Holloway, University of London. She writes articles on history for The Daily Telegraph, and reviews for BBC History, History Today and the Financial Times. She has also written many very successful biographies and novels and has been a judge on various prize panels. Williams appears frequently on radio and TV as a presenter and expert, specialising in social, constitutional and royal history.
Bae Suah’s story was originally published in Litro #169: Korea. Since publishing in Litro, his play Elysium Nevada was nominated for the Best New Play, Irish Theatre Awards, he has written for BBC Radio 4 and RTE and was twice shortlisted for the Hennessy Literary Award.
We published Caleb’s story BIRDS in A GLASS CAGE in 2017. Caleb Azumah Nelson is a British–Ghanaian writer and photographer. He went on to publish his 2021 debut novel, Open Water, won the Costa Book Award for First Novel. Other Awards include Betty Task Award, Somerset Maugham Award and the Dylan Thomas Prize.
THE PARTY'S JUST GETTING STARTED
Wigfall’s story was originally published in Litro #97: East London in 2012. At just 21, Faber and Faber would go on to offer Wigfall a book contract, based on reading a single story she had written. Her debut collection The Loudest Sound and Nothing was published in 2007 to critical acclaim. In 2008 she won the BBC National Short. Her stories have been published in Prospect, Tatler, The Dublin Review and commissioned for BBC Radio 4.
We originally published Stern’s story in Litro #97: East London. This story also features in Chattering, Stern's collection of short stories published by Granta in 2011. Her first novel Ismael and His Sisters was also published by Granta, in 2015. Stern has written plays, including The Ugly Birds and The Interpreter,
which was performed at the Bush Theatre.
Chloe’s story was originally published in 2015. Chloe Aridjis is a Mexican and American novelist and writer. Her novel Book of Clouds was published in eight countries, and won the Prix du Premier Roman Étranger. Her second novel, Asunder was published in 2013 to unanimous acclaim acclaim. Her third novel, Sea Monsters (2019), was awarded the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction in 2020.
